Monthly Archives: April 2011

Music geeks have a lot to look forward to this weekend. Saturday, April 16, is Record Store Day, an annual event when musicians put out new releases or reissues that are sold exclusively through independent record stores. “It gives people … Continue reading →

Last Saturday the Bushwick based rappers Nine 11 Thesaurus celebrated the release of their first album, “Ground Zero Generals,” with a powerful and energized performance at Don Hill’s. It was slightly after midnight when Shasty, P.DOT, Hollywood, Riddic, God’s Sun, … Continue reading →

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Racism is something that you don’t talk about in Cuba, except in hushed tones. So when a group of artists decided to take it on in a show called Queloides (Keloids) one can imagine the reaction they would get. Queloides … Continue reading →

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Ask anyone, even Brian Williams, and they’ll tell you Williamsburg is home of the flea market. But the markets here aren’t your grandma’s flea markets. You won’t find that old bowling trophy or those 99-cent flip-flops. Unless there’s some sort … Continue reading →

Vancouver based indie-rock band, Destroyer, is on tour again after the release of its 2011 album Kaputt. I went to see their New York City show at Manhattan’s Webster Hall. The performance was astonishing. Dan Bejar, Destroyer’s singer-songwriter, seemed to decay … Continue reading →

I heard a soft roar as I stepped onto the three story escalator. By the time my feet hit the crescent of the escalator, the soft roar had turned into an all out ear piercing noise of chatter and clanging … Continue reading →

After nearly a decade, Son Cubano, the Cuban hot spot in the Meat Packing District has relocated. The cobble stone area was left dry of ropa vieja and ceviche for a few months, but a new Cuban 24 hour restaurant … Continue reading →

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Let’s be serious: we all toyed with Legos when we were wee little kids, pretending we were architects constructing new worlds with those little colored bricks. But former lawyer Nathan Sawaya’s Lego art is architecturally amazing. He molds life-size sculptures … Continue reading →

Tasting Brooklyn from Jennifer Hamblett on Vimeo. Last Tuesday down under Manhattan Bridge, pans sizzled and mouths chewed on come of the best local cuisine Brooklyn has to offer. The restaurant owners here at Tasting Brooklyn are part of a … Continue reading →

From the outset, Freddy’s Bar looks like pretty typical. But there’s more going on inside on the first night of each workweek. The Park Slope bar, which reopened on Feb. 4, boasts stand-up comedy performed every Monday night. And it’s … Continue reading →